And there are many tricks”(Hemmingway, 3). This shows the old man acknowledging that he is not the fisherman that he once was and how he will have to rely on his experience to reel in a prize of any sizable magnitude. After a day and a half of the fish dragging the old man out to sea, it is imperative that the old man eventually reel the fish in. If he does not eventually land the fish, he lets both himself down, as well as the boy. He is also proving that he does not need to new modern equipment such as a speedboat or radio, in order to land large fish and bring them
The Old Man and The Sea” provides insight into its readers from various scenes in the text. “It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.” The old man’s sense of perseverance and determination is one such thing which helps its readers a lot. The old man’s battle with the fish is not only a battle of strength, but a battle of will. Despite his old age, the old man survives with incredible endurance, will to withstand hunger, physical pain, and isolation from the rest of the world as he battles the fish.
Secondly, (transformation of the men) In Kesey’s original fishing boat scene, the men reel in the fish without the aid of McMurphy. Although the men call out for McMurphy he does nothing but laugh regardless of the chaos around him. His actions of forcing the men to reel in the fish by themselves convey that the men are capable of being independent of others. This scene is meant to be representative of the growth of character in the men. Prior to McMurphys presence the men lacked to ability to do things themselves as they relied and abided by the strict ruled of nurse Ratched.
Santiago, an old fisherman and the main character of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, has a large amount of pride in who he is, what he does, and what he stands for. In the story, he shows his love for fishing, and although he isn’t the luckiest man in catching fish, he keeps trying and never gives up. Living alone in a small shack, he stays proud of who he is and continues doing what he lives for, fishing. The old man in the story is a very courageous man who never gives up. With all his courage he faced the difficulty of catching the largest fish he’s ever seen within days.
Santiago respected, cared, and thought of the fish as equals. The relationship with the fish is shown through many examples and explanations in the following paragraphs. Santiago truly cared about the huge Marlin fish he caught and this was a part of his relationship with fish. He would talk to his fish and treat them with his utmost care. This is shown as the Santiago states, “I wish it was a dream and that I had never hooked him.
Delivering products and goods all over the world for little or no reward was frustrating to read about, but Equiano would not give up in his quest to gain his freedom. Forty pounds sterling was all that was needed for this man to buy his freedom, which on some voyages was close to a months pay. In almost all cases he was not paid all he was owed and sometimes was not paid at all due to being misled and lied to by almost every employer. Being told as a boy that he was a good omen was right on and was showed by the snake crawling between his legs without biting him. Being sold again and again, the promises of being free and once free being questioned and beaten would test that statement and almost cause him to give up, but finding Christ and making his way back to London despite everything would once again show that he was a good omen to be true.
This shows how much respect the boy has for the old man. Even though his mother would not let him go fishing with the old man anymore because he had not caught fish in a long time he still wished to stay loyal to the old man. Not only did the boy’s mother lose faith in the old man, so did all the other fisherman in the village.
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is a tragic story of Willy Loman, the father of what can be considered a typical American family. Willy’s father was never there to teach him the importance of tradition, values, or healthy opinions. Willy has spent his whole life chasing the American dream of wealth and posterity working as a salesman. Now in his sixty’s he is suffering from memory loss, he has lost his job, and has no financial security. He never knew his father so he doesn’t have a good sense of his own identity, he makes poor decisions in raising his son’s by instilling a false sense of what it takes to be successful, and allows them to steal and cheat.
Although they are near land they cannot see anyone who could rescue them. The author has written the extract in third person. Most of the extract includes dialogues between the captain, cook, oiler and the other man on the boat. The main themes explored in are about survival and the power of the sea. The tone expressed is miserable and fretful due the men’s fear that they will drown in the sea.
Hemingway uses imagery of human suffering from the Gospel of Matthew in The Old Man and the Sea in order to argue that society should be based on subjective “truths” and not on objective “truths” revealed by Jesus’ experiences. Lessons are learned through experiences, and are limited subjective conclusions reached by the individual who goes through that experience. There is no reason to believe that everyone who has a painful experience will draw any conclusion from that experience. The old man initially did not learn anything from his unsuccessful fishing efforts. His fishing trips were “eighty-four days now without taking a fish.